Language, speech, tools and writing: A cultural imperative

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 273-292

  Savage Rumbaugh, Sue ^a   Fields, William M ^a   Taglialatela, Jared P ^a  

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